Alexandra Palace
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The Strokes recorded a live performance at Alexandra Palace on 5 December 2003, this performance was to be released in the form of a live album, but the idea was scrapped.
Travis played Ally Pally on 20 December 2003, the footage of which was used for their live DVD titled 'Travis - At The Palace'.
The third annual European Social Forum (ESF) took place on 15–17 October 2004 in London, the main venue being Alexandra Palace.
The very first Give It a Name music festival was held at Alexandra Palace on 2 May 2005.
In October 2005 Kiss 100 FM celebrated its 20th anniversary with a club night featuring many famous past and present Kiss DJs performing.
On December 5, 2005 Paul Weller Played one night and released the show on a two disc cd entitled Catch Flame.
In 2006 a dance music rave promoted by Slammin' Vinyl under the name of Tranzmission was held at Ally Pally [10]
Alexandra Palace plays an important part in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Idiot's Lantern", set in 1953.
On 16 June-17 June 2007 the Palace hosted the first London Hackday which was affected by a lightning strike on the building resulting in rooftop vents opening and the hall being flooded.
Alexandra Palace is the new venue PDC World Darts Championship from December 2007 [11] after 14 years at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex. The Alexandra Palace was previously home to the News of the World Darts Championship between 1963 and 1977.
The band Kick Asteroid recorded a single entitled "Shadow of the Palace" recounting semi-biographical events centred on the famous London landmark
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Nearest places
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Access
- Nearest rail station: Alexandra Palace
- Nearest Tube station: Wood Green
- Address: Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, London N22 7AY [12]
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Notes and references
- ^ nytimes.com
- ^ [1]Hornsey Historical Society
- ^ C. E. Pearce, Sims Reeves: Fifty Years of Music in England (Stanley Paul, London 1924), 307.
- ^ Felix Aprahamian, The Alexandra Palace Organ, Sleevenote to HMV HQM 1199 (Hayes 1970).
- ^ Aprahamian 1970, loc. cit.
- ^ Martin C. Harris, Homes of British Ice Hockey
- ^ bbc.co.uk
- ^ William M. Adams, Against Extinction:The Story of Conservation (Earthscan 2004), p. 61. Example of display, [2]
- ^ Price, Maeve (1979): "The Divine Light Mission as a social organization". Sociological Review, 27, Page 279-296.
- ^ jungleravers.com
- ^ World Darts moves to London
- ^ grid reference TQ296900
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External links
- Alexandra Palace (official site)
- Alexandra Palace (Victorian London)
- Save Ally Pally: history of recent ownership of the Palace, and campaign to preserve the Palace and the TV studios for access and use by the public
- Detailed history of early BBC TV broadcasts, with archive photos 2003-09-14
- Alexandra Palace Television Society
- Unofficial History of BBC Television at Alexandra Palace
- "Development threat to the palace, where television was born" (The Independent article on development plans, 30 December 2006)
- "TV studios under threat" (Local MP's blog on Palace's future, 29 October 2006)
- Pictures and Information About Alexandra Palace History
- Hornsey Historical Society
- More information on the 14 hour technicolor dream
- Alexandra Palace Organ Appeal
- Complicite scraps plans for Alexandra Palace rebirth (The Stage Online)
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